ROWEL

PRONUNCIATION: (ROU-uhl)

MEANING: noun: A small spiked wheel at the end of a spur attached behind the boots of a rider and used to goad a horse.
verb tr.: To prick; to vex.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French roele, from Latin rotella (small wheel), from rota (wheel). Earliest documented use: 1299.
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ROWEO - cowboy regatta

RODEL - buckaroo singing style

ROWEE - the one acted upon by the rower